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See also: William BethamBetham (William)
(1779–1853)
(Sir) William Betham, English antiquary and collector of manuscripts; member of the Royal Irish Academy
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William Elliott HudsonHudson (William Elliott)
(1796–1853)
Like his better-known brother, Henry Philerin Hudson, a composer, collector of Irish folk songs and member of the Royal Irish Academy; patron of a number of literary societies and a friend of Young Irelander Thomas Davis.
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Tomás Ó GormáinÓ Gormáin (Tomás)
(1732–1809)
Ó Gormáin (Chevalier)
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Breandán Ó MadagáinÓ Madagáin (Breandán)
(1932–2020)
Irish scholar and writer.
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Joseph Cooper WalkerWalker (Joseph Cooper)
(1761–1810)
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Sources

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Mulchrone, Kathleen, Thomas F. OʼRahilly, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, and A. I. Pearson, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy, 8 vols, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1926–1970.  
8 volumes: Vol. 1, pp. 1–654 (fasc. 1-5) -- Vol. 2, pp. 655–1294 (fasc. 6-10) -- Vol. 3, pp. 1295–1938 (fasc. 11-15) -- Vol. 4, pp. 1939–2578 (fasc. 16-20) -- Vol. 5, pp. 2579–3220 (fasc. 21-25) -- Vol. 6, pp. 3221–3500 (fasc. 26-27) -- Vol. 7 (index 1) -- Vol. 8 (index 2).
Contains descriptions of about 1400 manuscripts. Later additions described elsewhere include RIA MSS 23 L 59, 23 L 60 and 23 M 70.
Cunningham, Bernadette, Siobhán Fitzpatrick, and Petra Schnabel (eds), Treasures of the Royal Irish Academy Library, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 2009.
OʼNeill, Timothy, “Quills, inks and vellums”, in: Bernadette Cunningham, Siobhán Fitzpatrick, and Petra Schnabel (eds), Treasures of the Royal Irish Academy Library, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 2009. 45–49.
Dougan, R. O. [comp.], A descriptive guide to twenty Irish manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin: with an appendix of five early Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy, 2nd ed., Dublin: Dublin University Press, Trinity College, 1955.
Phair, P. B., “Sir William Betham’s manuscripts”, Analecta Hibernica 27 (1972): 1–99.
Fitzpatrick, Siobhán, “The heavens, earth and imagined islands: an introduction to the medieval medical and astronomical resources of the Royal Irish Academy Library”, in: Mary Kelly, and Charles Doherty (eds), Music and the stars: mathematics in medieval Ireland, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2013. 159–195.
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